On July 1, 2014, Polliwog Incorporated paid cash for 21,000 shares of Salamander Company's $10 par value stock when it was trading at $22 per share. At that time, Salamander's total stockholders' equity was $597,000, and they had 30,000 shares of stock outstanding, both before and after the purchase. The book value of Salamander's net assets is believed to approximate the fair values.